DICTOMETER

SWALLOW

(swallow, andorina, golondrina, tragar, svale, svelge)

1. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   • Sup
   Definitions:
   • a small amount of liquid food
   Examples:
   • A sup of ale
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   • Drink
   • Deglutition
   Definitions:
   • the act of swallowing
   Examples:
   • One swallow of the liquid was enough
   • He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   Definitions:
   • small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   • Get down
   Definitions:
   • pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
   Examples:
   • Swallow the raw fish
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   Definitions:
   • engulf and destroy
   Examples:
   • The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Immerse
   • Swallow
   • Swallow up
   • Bury
   • Eat up
   Definitions:
   • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
   Examples:
   • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   Definitions:
   • utter indistinctly
   Examples:
   • She swallowed the last words of her speech
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   • Take back
   • Unsay
   • Withdraw
   Definitions:
   • take back what one has said
   Examples:
   • He swallowed his words
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   Definitions:
   • keep from expressing
   Examples:
   • I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Accept
   • Live with
   • Swallow
   Definitions:
   • tolerate or accommodate oneself to
   Examples:
   • I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
   • I swallowed the insult
   • She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Swallow
   Definitions:
   • believe or accept without questioning or challenge
   Examples:
   • Am I supposed to swallow that story?